69 Inspirational Quotes For Students

Get a sense that your students need some extra motivation to get through the term? You’ve come to just the right place! As educators, we understand that when the days get longer, the homework feels never-ending, and the curriculum grows unintriguing, our students need to be inspired to pick themselves up and continue learning! Allow us to help you do just that by perusing through our quality collection of 69 inspirational quotes! 

1. “The future of the world is in my classroom today.” – Ivan Welton Fitzwater

2. “Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning.” – Robert John Meehan

3. “In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” – Unknown

4. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King

5. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

6. “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” – George Washington Carver

7. “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” – Alexandra K. Trenfor

8. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

9. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

10. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

11. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

12. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke

13. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden

14. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats

15. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

16. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

17. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison

18. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

19. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

20. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb

21. “Be the reason someone smiles today.” – Unknown

22. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

23. “Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain

24. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss

25. “It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” – Rocky Balboa

26. “Life is like a camera. Focus on the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t work out, take another shot.” – Unknown

27. “It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career.” – Carlton Fisk

28. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale

29. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

30. “You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails to always reach your destination.” – Jimmy Dean

31. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth

32. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson

33. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

34. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

35. “The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.” – Alexandra K. Trenfor

36. “There is no failure, only feedback.” – Robert Allen

37. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward

38. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes

39. “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” – Bob Talbert

40. “In learning, you will teach, and in teaching, you will learn.” – Phil Collins

41. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

42. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

43. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

44. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

45. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein

46. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

47. “A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.” – Neil Gaiman

48. “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” – Anna Quindlen

49. “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” – Walt Disney

50. “In books, I have traveled, not only to other worlds but into my own.” – Anna Quindlen

51. “A good book is an event in my life.” – Stendhal

52. “One must always be careful of books, and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.” – Cassandra Clare

53. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King

54. “Books are a way to escape reality and indulge in a world of imagination.” – Unknown

55. “The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.” – Alan Bennett

56. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

57. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers

58. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama XIV

59. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

60. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

61. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

62. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington

63. “Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” – Babe Ruth

64. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll

65. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller

66. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart

67. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

68. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

69. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali